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    Dec 12, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast
  1. Census: Whites no longer a majority in US by 2043

    WASHINGTON (AP) — White people will no longer make up a majority of Americans by 2043, according to new census projections. That's part of a historic shift that already is reshaping the nation's schools, workforce and electorate, and is redefining...

    Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Career and Workplace, Mitt Romney, Labor Legislation, Washington, DC

  2. Oct 1, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast
  3. Huge tax increase looms at year-end 'fiscal cliff'

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A typical middle-income family making $40,000 to $64,000 a year could see its taxes go up by $2,000 next year if lawmakers fail to renew a lengthy roster of tax cuts set to expire at the end of the year, according to a new report...

    Tags: Washington, DC, Barack Obama

  4. Oct 3, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast
  5. Outside money fills airwaves in tight Senate races

    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Campaign cash from outside political groups is flooding into conservative states with close Senate races like Indiana, Arizona and Montana, where residents are more accustomed to local news promos between football games than...

    Tags: Career and Workplace, Harry Reid, Crime, Law and Justice, NCIS (tv program), Labor Legislation

  6. Jul 18, 2012 |Story| WSBT-TV
  7. Judge: Indiana can't collect on IBM welfare lawsuit

    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A judge on Wednesday spurned Indiana's efforts to recoup roughly $170 million from IBM Corp. over its failed effort to overhaul the state's welfare system as part of a broader privatization push that was an early hallmark of...

    Tags: Health Insurance, Career and Workplace, Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials

  8. May 23, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  9. Special Report: The deeper agenda behind "Abenomics"

    Reuters
    TOKYO (Reuters) - When ill health and political gridlock forced Shinzo Abe to quit after one dismal year as Japan's prime minister, his pride was dented and his self-confidence battered. One thing, however, was intact: his commitment to a controversial...

    Tags: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Polls, Money and Monetary Policy, Photography Supplies and Services, Culture

  10. May 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  11. Global Voices: The six personalities of Russia's Putin

    Vladimir Putin emerged from the obscurity of a secret agent’s life when called to Moscow in 1997 by power-hungry oligarchs in search of a pliable accomplice to plant in the Kremlin.  In little more than two years, Putin was president of Russia and...

    Tags: Margaret Thatcher, Russia, Moscow (Russia), Government, Petroleum Industry

  12. May 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  13. Finally, Obama breaks his silence on drones

    Over the last four years, there has been a strange irony. One of the greatest speakers of our era has largely kept silent about one of the signature aspects of his presidency.
    Over the last four years, there has been a strange irony. One of the greatest speakers of our era has largely kept silent about one of the signature aspects of his presidency. Under President Obama's leadership, U.S. civilian intelligence agencies...

    Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Pakistan, John O. Brennan, Central Intelligence Agency, Terrorism

  14. May 19, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  15. More poor live in suburbs than in urban areas, research shows

    Bucking longstanding patterns in the United States, more poor people now live in the nation's suburbs than in urban areas, according to a new analysis.
    Bucking longstanding patterns in the United States, more poor people now live in the nation's suburbs than in urban areas, according to a new analysis. As poverty mounted throughout the nation over the past decade, the number of poor people living in...

    Tags: Poverty, University of Chicago, Social Services, Business Institutions, Social Issues

  16. May 20, 2013 |Story| Hartford Courant
  17. Report: Suburban Poverty Rises Sharply But CT Regions More Stable

    The Hartford Courant
    Metro Hartford's suburbs have among the lowest poverty rates of the largest 100 U.S. urban areas and is in the middle of the pack in growth of suburban poverty, a new report shows. But the region, which includes Hartford, Middlesex and Tolland counties,...

    Tags: Culture, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Authors, Washington, DC, Stamford

  18. May 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  19. Iran presidential vote: Who's in? Who's out? Who cares?

    He’s one of two surviving founders of the Islamic Republic, head of the Expediency Council that supervises all branches of government and has already served two terms as Iranian head of state.
    He’s one of two surviving founders of the Islamic Republic, head of the Expediency Council that supervises all branches of government and has already served two terms as Iranian head of state. But the Islamic conservatives who vet presidential...

    Tags: Religion and Belief, Robin Williams, Elections, Iran, Media Industry

  20. May 22, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast
  21. Government dysfunction decried by Obama partly due to US founders and political polarization

    Associated Press
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The works do seem to be "gummed up" on Capitol Hill. And President Barack Obama isn't the only one to say so. Yet despite years of hand-wringing in both parties, little progress has been made toward changing congressional rules on...

    Tags: Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Department of Justice, Harry Reid, Crime, Law and Justice, National Rifle Association of America

  22. May 20, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  23. More poor people now live in U.S. suburbs than cities -study

    Reuters
    WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The number of people living in poverty in U.S. suburbs surpassed the number of poor in cities over the past decade, driven by strong growth in overall suburban populations, according to an analysis released on Monday. The...

    Tags: Poverty, Social Issues

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